Tag: Food

PCI Malawi Distributes LIfe-Saving Food to Thousands of Families

Published on April 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Leading health and humanitarian organization PCI (Project Concern International) distributed 20kg of emergency food aid (pinto beans and corn/soy blend) […]

World Bank Gives Malawi $30 million for agriculture sector

Published on March 23, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Cash strapped Malawi will get a $30 million credit from the World Bank to shore up diversification from the maize […]

Late rains in Malawi may reduce the country’s agricultural production

Published on February 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

by Frank Jomo Late rains in Malawi may reduce the country’s agricultural production, according to the southeast African country’s Farmers […]

REDD+, forests and food

Published on January 17, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

At Durban’s Forest Day 5, the resounding message was that REDD+ will not work if people are hungry. How can […]

Project to Promote Climate-Smart Farming in Malawi, Vietnam and Zambia

Published on January 17, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

FAO and the European Commission announced today a new €5.3 million project aimed at helping Malawi, Vietnam and Zambia transition […]

Africa can feed itself but lacks political will to place food first

Published on January 4, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Even as a UN report warned of a looming food crisis in the Horn of Africa due to expected dry […]

Dubai Opens Up for Malawi Fresh Produce Export

Published on December 12, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

It is envisaged that livelihoods of hundreds of local farmers could improve with the opening of fresh produce export markets […]

Cornell Researcher Explores Eating Dirt

Published on November 9, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

BY MARIA MINSKER In several places around the world, pregnant women frequently engage in pica — a scientific term for […]

10 Malawi districts risks starvation

Published on October 19, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Lilongwe – The Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) estimates that ten out of the country’s 28 districts will be at […]

Methanol Fuel Processor

Published on September 19, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a methanol fuel processor for supplying hydrogen to fuel cells at the […]

Overpopulation and Food Security

Published on July 11, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

By Clive Wakely. The greatest threat to our natural environment is that posed through overpopulation; yet despite Britain’s population being […]

Agroforestry Food Security Programme (AFSP) in Malawi

Published on June 9, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) with funding from the Irish Aid Malawi, has been implementing a four-year nation-wide programme known […]

City pupils’ lunches provide 300,000 meals for Malawi

Published on June 9, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Almost 300,000 meals will be given to poverty stricken children in Malawi thanks to Glasgow families. School meals provider Cordia […]

Nthochi Bread : Malawi Banana Bread

Published on May 16, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Ingredients: Servings: 8-10 100 g butter 90 g sugar 400 g flour 1 egg 250 ml milk 1 teaspoon baking […]

New farming practices grow healthier children

Published on April 30, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Ten years ago Joyce Mhoni, head of the Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit at Ekwendeni Hospital in the Mzimba district of northern […]

Nutrition Research in Malawi

Published on April 25, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Twins Watching twins at clinic interact with each other is so great. I could be entertained for hours. One will […]